Koeman finds lightning ten Hag ‘not normal’: ‘ugly side of football’

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National coach Ronald Koeman is surprised at the rapid resignation of trainer Erik ten Hag at Bayer Leverkusen. De Tukker had to leave at the Bundesliga club after two league games on Monday.

“It’s fast,” said Koeman on Monday on the first day of the international match about the resignation of Ten Hag. “As a club you have ideas about trainers. It is not normal for you to make such a drastic decision so quickly, for whatever reason.”

In his first league match with the highly renovated Bayer Leverkusen with 1-2 Van Hoffenheim, Ten Hag lost a 1-3 lead on Saturday against Werder Bremen (3-3). That became the former coach of Ajax fatal.

Koeman said he had not yet sent Ten Hag after his resignation on Monday morning. “I don’t have such a lot of contact with him either. They are not the best moments for a trainer.”

Koeman, who was fired at FC Barcelona four years ago, acknowledged that a resignation for a trainer is “the ugly side of football”. “Being a trainer is a difficult job. In my case it is very nice.”

National coach Ronald Koeman is surprised by the Quick Dismissal of coach Erik ten Hag at Bayer Leverkusen. The ‘Tukker’ had to leave the Bundesliga Club on Monday after only Two League matches.

“It’s fast,” Koeman Said on Monday on the First Day of the International Period About ten Hag’s Dismissal. “As a club, you have ideas about coaches. It’s not normal to make such a drastic decision so quickly, for whatever reason.”

In His First League Match, Ten Hag Lost 1-2 to Hoffenheim with the Strongly Renovated Bayer Leverkusen and Gave Away A 1-3 Lead Against Werder Bremen on Saturday (3-3). That was fatal for the former Ajax coach.

Koeman said that he had not yet sent ten hag a message after his dismissal on monday morning. “I don’t have that much contact with him either. These are not the nicest moments for a coach.”

Koeman, who himself was fired from FC Barcelona four years ago, acknowled that a dismissal for a coach is “the ugly side of football”. “Being a Coach is a Difficult Job. In my case, It’s a lot of fun.”

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